quirk

英 [kwɜːk]

美 [kwɜːrk]

n.  怪异的性格(或行为); 怪癖; (尤指偶发的)怪事，奇事

复数：quirks　过去式：quirked　现在分词：quirking　

考研GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14107 / COCA.12149

牛津词典

noun

• 怪异的性格（或行为）；怪癖
  an aspect of sb's personality or behaviour that is a little strange
• （尤指偶发的）怪事，奇事
  a strange thing that happens, especially by accident
  1. By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel.
     真是天缘奇遇，他们住进了同一家旅馆。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (偶然发生的)奇事，趣事
  Aquirkis something unusual or interesting that happens by chance.
  1. By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship...
     仿佛是命运的捉弄，这对选手在锦标赛第一轮比赛中就狭路相逢。
  2. The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.
     从统计数字上看，近些年来暴风雨和飓风的频发非同寻常。
• N-COUNT 怪癖;古怪的性格
  Aquirkis a habit or aspect of a person's character which is odd or unusual.
  1. Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
     布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。

英英释义

noun

• a narrow groove beside a beading
• a strange attitude or habit
  Synonym:oddityqueernessquirkinesscrotchet

verb

• twist or curve abruptly
  1. She quirked her head in a peculiar way

双语例句

• However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that could never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension.
  不过，我的父母，他们都来自贫穷的背景，没有任何一人上过大学，坚持认为我过度的想象力是一个令人惊讶的个人怪癖，根本不足以让我支付按揭，或者取得足够的养老金。
• By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship
  仿佛是命运的捉弄，这对选手在锦标赛第一轮比赛中就狭路相逢。
• She prefers to see Edward's fascination with Bella as a strange quirk& and a transitory one at that.
  她更情愿把爱德华对贝拉的迷恋看成是他的一个怪癖&而且还应只是暂时的。
• Ironically, another quirk comes to our help here.
  实际上，另外一个因素在这里提供了帮助。
• An individual characteristic; a quirk.
  独特性，特色；特殊的东西；怪癖。
• Some critics have questioned whether the linkage between income inequality and worse health is merely a mathematical quirk.
  有些批评者质疑，收入不均与健康情况不良之间的关联，可能只是数学的怪异表现。
• It concludes that despite a quirk here and there, the latest version of Google Desktop is full of improvements that make a very good thing even better.
  它的结论是，尽管俏皮话这里和那里，最新版本的谷歌桌面是全面的改进，使一个很好的事情做得更好。
• The standard theory of bad moods is rooted in a psychological quirk known as ego depletion.
  有关坏情绪的标准理论源于心理学上的“自我损耗”。
• The carving craze is the grave of safe, carefree, efficient skiing, an irrational fantasy, a binding fashion, a quirk bent on putting basic physics to shame!
  对刻滑的狂热，葬送了滑雪的安全性、娱乐性和舒适性，是一个失去理性的白日梦，一个伪装的时髦，一个让基础物理学感到羞愧的怪癖。
• On the whole, I really enjoyed this space for the pure quirk and whimsy of it.
  从整体上来说，我真的非常享受这个纯净同时充满新奇理念的空间。